Barb Pollak
@barbpollak.bsky.social
Writer living in the PNW. Written some books, won some awards. Lover of dogs, cats, good whisky, & dark chocolate. Diehard Seattle Mariners and Kraken fan.
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It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
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so tesla board meetings are basically raves with no music no dancing and the most boring people on earth
February 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
so tesla board meetings are basically raves with no music no dancing and the most boring people on earth
Today in U.S. History (cont)
2009: "RuPaul's Drag Race" hosted by RuPaul premieres on Logo TV
2021: US President Joe Biden signs executive orders to reunite immigrant families, setting up a new taskforce to address around 1000 remaining separated families
5/5
2009: "RuPaul's Drag Race" hosted by RuPaul premieres on Logo TV
2021: US President Joe Biden signs executive orders to reunite immigrant families, setting up a new taskforce to address around 1000 remaining separated families
5/5
a rainbow and a star with the words " i know you know "
ALT: a rainbow and a star with the words " i know you know "
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February 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Today in U.S. History (cont)
2009: "RuPaul's Drag Race" hosted by RuPaul premieres on Logo TV
2021: US President Joe Biden signs executive orders to reunite immigrant families, setting up a new taskforce to address around 1000 remaining separated families
5/5
2009: "RuPaul's Drag Race" hosted by RuPaul premieres on Logo TV
2021: US President Joe Biden signs executive orders to reunite immigrant families, setting up a new taskforce to address around 1000 remaining separated families
5/5
Today in U.S. History (cont):
1954: President Eisenhower announces detonation of world's 1st hydrogen bomb (tested in 1952)
1973: "The Midnight Special" late night rock music show debuts on NBC; performers include Ike & Tina Turner, Curtis Mayfield, Don Mclean, the Byrds, & George Carlin
4/5
1954: President Eisenhower announces detonation of world's 1st hydrogen bomb (tested in 1952)
1973: "The Midnight Special" late night rock music show debuts on NBC; performers include Ike & Tina Turner, Curtis Mayfield, Don Mclean, the Byrds, & George Carlin
4/5
a rainbow and a star with the words " i know you know "
ALT: a rainbow and a star with the words " i know you know "
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February 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Today in U.S. History (cont):
1954: President Eisenhower announces detonation of world's 1st hydrogen bomb (tested in 1952)
1973: "The Midnight Special" late night rock music show debuts on NBC; performers include Ike & Tina Turner, Curtis Mayfield, Don Mclean, the Byrds, & George Carlin
4/5
1954: President Eisenhower announces detonation of world's 1st hydrogen bomb (tested in 1952)
1973: "The Midnight Special" late night rock music show debuts on NBC; performers include Ike & Tina Turner, Curtis Mayfield, Don Mclean, the Byrds, & George Carlin
4/5
Today in U.S. History (cont):
1942: LA Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans
1954: "The Nutcracker" ballet choreographed by George Balanchine with Maria Tallchief as the Sugar Plum Fairy opens in New York, establishes its popularity in the US
3/5
1942: LA Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans
1954: "The Nutcracker" ballet choreographed by George Balanchine with Maria Tallchief as the Sugar Plum Fairy opens in New York, establishes its popularity in the US
3/5
a rainbow and a star with the words " i know you know "
ALT: a rainbow and a star with the words " i know you know "
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February 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Today in U.S. History (cont):
1942: LA Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans
1954: "The Nutcracker" ballet choreographed by George Balanchine with Maria Tallchief as the Sugar Plum Fairy opens in New York, establishes its popularity in the US
3/5
1942: LA Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans
1954: "The Nutcracker" ballet choreographed by George Balanchine with Maria Tallchief as the Sugar Plum Fairy opens in New York, establishes its popularity in the US
3/5
Today in U.S. History (cont):
1923: US signs friendship treaty with Central American countries
1935: Leonarde Keeler first uses his polygraph machine on criminals, who are later convicted of assault based on its findings in Portage, Wisconsin
2/5
1923: US signs friendship treaty with Central American countries
1935: Leonarde Keeler first uses his polygraph machine on criminals, who are later convicted of assault based on its findings in Portage, Wisconsin
2/5
a rainbow and a star with the words " i know you know "
ALT: a rainbow and a star with the words " i know you know "
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February 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Today in U.S. History (cont):
1923: US signs friendship treaty with Central American countries
1935: Leonarde Keeler first uses his polygraph machine on criminals, who are later convicted of assault based on its findings in Portage, Wisconsin
2/5
1923: US signs friendship treaty with Central American countries
1935: Leonarde Keeler first uses his polygraph machine on criminals, who are later convicted of assault based on its findings in Portage, Wisconsin
2/5
Unfortunately, I believe it. People have become so indoctrinated into following rigid adherence to their own principles, that any sort of moderate or centrist compromise is akin to submission for them. (LOOKING AT YOU ON THE EXTREME LEFT.)
February 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Unfortunately, I believe it. People have become so indoctrinated into following rigid adherence to their own principles, that any sort of moderate or centrist compromise is akin to submission for them. (LOOKING AT YOU ON THE EXTREME LEFT.)
Today in U.S. History (cont:)
1965: Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama
1978: Harriet Tubman is 1st African American woman to be honored on a US postage stamp 3/3
1965: Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama
1978: Harriet Tubman is 1st African American woman to be honored on a US postage stamp 3/3
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February 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Today in U.S. History (cont:)
1965: Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama
1978: Harriet Tubman is 1st African American woman to be honored on a US postage stamp 3/3
1965: Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama
1978: Harriet Tubman is 1st African American woman to be honored on a US postage stamp 3/3
Today in U.S. History (cont):
1871: Jefferson Long of Georgia is first African American to make an official speech in US House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates)
1914: Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed 2/3
1871: Jefferson Long of Georgia is first African American to make an official speech in US House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates)
1914: Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed 2/3
a rainbow and a star with the words " i know you know "
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February 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Today in U.S. History (cont):
1871: Jefferson Long of Georgia is first African American to make an official speech in US House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates)
1914: Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed 2/3
1871: Jefferson Long of Georgia is first African American to make an official speech in US House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates)
1914: Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed 2/3
Today in U.S. History (cont):
2024 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and social media companies Discord, TikTok, X and Snap reprimanded before a US congressional hearing for not doing enough to protect children online 3/3
2024 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and social media companies Discord, TikTok, X and Snap reprimanded before a US congressional hearing for not doing enough to protect children online 3/3
a rainbow colored shooting star with the words " do you know " in the background
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January 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Today in U.S. History (cont):
2024 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and social media companies Discord, TikTok, X and Snap reprimanded before a US congressional hearing for not doing enough to protect children online 3/3
2024 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and social media companies Discord, TikTok, X and Snap reprimanded before a US congressional hearing for not doing enough to protect children online 3/3
Today in U.S. History (cont):
2017 Donald Tr*mp fires Attorney General Sally Yates after she instructs Justice Department officials not to defend Tr*mp's travel ban 2/3
2017 Donald Tr*mp fires Attorney General Sally Yates after she instructs Justice Department officials not to defend Tr*mp's travel ban 2/3
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January 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Today in U.S. History (cont):
2017 Donald Tr*mp fires Attorney General Sally Yates after she instructs Justice Department officials not to defend Tr*mp's travel ban 2/3
2017 Donald Tr*mp fires Attorney General Sally Yates after she instructs Justice Department officials not to defend Tr*mp's travel ban 2/3